From rmaccrea1@gmail.com Mon May 28 09:06:41 2012
Subject:Re: [CWSG]now: Clonewheel as Vent Rival?>>Roland Shrill

After reading this Roland debate over and over, and having my own Vk88 I believe the issue with shrill upper notes is primarily the amp and speakers used. The Roland seems to duplicate the same tone the Hammond produced. But the original Leslie amp and drivers were not high fidelity. They colored the tone, reducing high end. If you ran the VK7 or VK88 through a period correct leslie it would sound right. But if you are using modern, more accurate sound systems, they need to be tweaked to sound like the old period correct amps and speakers.
I believe this design was a smart move. If the output was colored and you had a period correct leslie for sound, you would have twice the color. So, to get the correct color in all new equipment you need to reduce the top end. My Realistic Mach 1 driver cabinets have knobs to reduce the treble. And this works fine. A good equalizer would be better.
Summary: The Roland does what the Hammond did. But to get the right sound you need a sound system that does what the orginal Leslie did.